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# quieten

verb (quieten, quietens, quietened, quietening; often «quieten down») — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ

«quieten» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To become quiet or calmer: «The class quietened when the head came in.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#m1)
2. To make someone or something quiet or calm: «She quietened the crying baby.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#m2)
3. To make worries or fears less strong: «quieten your fears». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school and everyday life teachers ask a class to quieten down; in stories, quietening shows calm after noise or panic. Phrases: «quieten down», «quieten a crowd», «things quietened».

### Examples

- Quieten down, everyone, the film is starting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x1)
- The wind quietened after midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x2)
- Dad sang to quieten the baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x3)
- The streets quietened when the shops closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x4)
- Taking deep breaths can quieten your worries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x5)
- The crowd quietened as the singer walked on stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/#x6)

### Note

British and Commonwealth word; American English usually says «quiet down» (quiet as a verb). Spelling: quieten, quietened (no double n). Do not confuse «quiet» (no noise) with «quite» (fairly).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quieten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quieten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quieten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quieten.html) on Mova free.